Employment that is not affected by illegal discrimination.
100
What does Pregnancy Discrimination Protect?
Employers treat maternity leave the same as other personal or medical leaves.
100
Someone who has a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits life activities, who has a record of such an impairment, or who is regarded as having such impairment is the official definition of what?
Disabled Person
100
What is Sexual Harassment?
Actions that are sexually directed, are unwanted, and subject the worker to adverse employment conditions or create a hostile work environment.
100
What Act Gives a list of what criteria an organization needs to have in order to be forced to comply to the regulations?
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII
200
Name 5 Protected Characteristics
Age
Color
Disability
Genetic Info
Marital Status
Military Status
National Origin
Pregnancy
Race
Religion
Sexual Orentation
200
Differences in seniority, performance, quality and/or quantity of production, and factors other than gender, such as skill, effort, and working conditions are related to what in gender discrimination?
Equal Pay & Pay Equity
200
Name the 3 acts protecting disabled people
Rehabilitation Act 1973
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990
ADA Amendments Act 2009
200
Sexual harassment in which employment outcomes are linked to the individual granting sexual favors is known as what?
Quid pro quo
200
What does the Civil Rights Act of 1991 require?
That all employers show that an employment practice is job related for the position and consistent with business necessity.
300
What is Status Blind?
A concept that emphasizes that differences among people should be ignored and everyone should be treated equally.
300
Discriminatory practices that have prevented women and minorities from advancing to executive level jobs is known as what?
The Glass Ceiling
300
A modification to a job or work environment that gives a qualified individual an equal opportunity to preform is known as what?
Reasonable Accommodations
300
Define Hostile Environment
Sexual harassment in which an individual's work performance or physiological well-being is unreasonably affected by intimidating or offensive working conditions.
300
What is Affirmative Action?
Proactive employment practices to make up for historical discrimination against women and minorities.
400
Who is responsible for enforcing EEO laws?
Federal Government
400
50% of what has increased in the workforce since 1950?
Women
400
Define Undue Hardship
Significant difficulty or expense imposed on an employer in making an accommodation for individuals with disabilities.
400
Name 4 ways of preventing sexual harassment
Establish a sexual harassment policy
Communicate the policy regularly
Train employees and managers on avoiding sexual harassment
Investigate and take action when complaints are made
400
What is the Affirmative Action Program?
A document reporting on the competition of an employer's workforce, required by federal contractors.
500
What occurs when members of a group are treated differently from others?
Disparate Treatment
500
The practice of allowing relatives to work for the same employer is known as what?
Nepotism
500
An act passed in 2009 that limits the use of genetic information by health insurance plans and to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of this information is known as what act?
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
500
What percent of sexual harassment claims are filed by men?
10%
500
In what year was the first civil rights act passed?